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Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 10:34 am
by Kingpin
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It's been confirmed today by the New York Police Department that actor Rick Moranis was the victim of an unprovoked attack on New York's Central Park West, near 70th Street, on Thursday morning.
Mr. Moranis briefly visited a nearby hospital as he was experiencing pain in his head, back and hip after he was punched to the ground. He then proceeded to report the incident at the NYPD's 20th Precinct.

In a post which includes footage of the incident as it occurred, the New York Police Department's Crime StoppersTwitter account has released the following details for those who might have information about the suspect in the assault:
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 11:05 am
by kahuna900
Well that sucks. Hope he's feeling better, could have been so much worse. :vinzclortho:

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 11:40 am
by Jdizzle66
Why would anyone want to punch him?

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 12:50 pm
by Kingpin
Jdizzle66 wrote: October 2nd, 2020, 11:40 am Why would anyone want to punch him?
Some folks just want to inflict harm on other people for any or no reason. Some folks are just wired wrong.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 2:34 pm
by Dr.D
A few years back, there was a man in Chicago who was running up and down State St. punching people in the head for no apparent reason. Even punched out a female anchor who was leaving the news studio after filming a report on the very man. Turned out he was schizophrenic. Maybe this person is also suffering from a mental illness.

Or he's just an angry person who lashed out on the first person he saw. Either way, senseless.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 2nd, 2020, 5:28 pm
by One time
Can anyone else believe the coincidence?

After not having been in the news for 25 years, Louis Tully (Moranis) gets punched by a thug 4 streets away from 55 Central Park West.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 4th, 2020, 1:30 pm
by hutto
Man: Hey, is that Rick Moranis?

Man 2: Yeah... I think so.

Man: Lets kick his ass!

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 8th, 2020, 6:19 pm
by wastelock
A global plauge, murder wasps, fires, locust swarms... and now Rick Moranis gets punched in the head.

Really 2020, really?

This news story made me angrier than is probably healthy and sensible. And confused, but mostly angry.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 9th, 2020, 3:54 pm
by JA Slow
Jdizzle66 wrote: October 2nd, 2020, 11:40 am Why would anyone want to punch him?
Some are people who just want attention. Others are just nut balls who come in off the street.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: October 12th, 2020, 5:35 pm
by Creativeguy
Seems to be a recurring thing in NYC these days. People randomly punching the elderly. Google it. Lots of stories. It's insane.

I hope they find the punk that did this and I hope he gets thrown in with some fans of Moranis.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: November 16th, 2020, 11:41 am
by ccv66
Glad they got the guy

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: November 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
by Alex Newborn
ccv66 wrote: November 16th, 2020, 11:41 am Glad they got the guy
I did a little digging. The sad thing is, the guy's a remorseless repeat offender who's been arrested like 13 times.

In fact, he was arrested and released SINCE the Moranis attack. On October 17th he assaulted someone on the subway and the NYPD took him into custody for that.

So the positive ID of him for the Moranis assault must have come more recently than that, since he was out for them to arrest him anew.

Alex

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: November 17th, 2020, 12:15 am
by Glenn Frederick
I'm curious if he's a violent person that just likes attacking random people or does he suffer from some sort of mental disorder? Whatever the case may be it's sad they keep letting him out to do this.

Re: Rick Moranis victim of unprovoked assault

Posted: November 18th, 2020, 2:39 pm
by Scuba Steve
According to his defense attorney, he is a diagnosed schizophrenic who has been been treated at in-patient mental health facilities. Nobody wants to see Rick Moranis punched, but maybe it's best the story just dies and the man who assaulted him gets the help that he needs.